Mixed Success at Rotorua Open

Landyn Edwards played great golf from tee to green but just could not get the putts to drop over the last few holes on Sunday, he finished in tie for first place at 3 under par with Korean international Ho Jun Sung. After two very tence play off holes Ho Jun Sung managed to complete the win.
Landyn Edwards 2nd over all
William Howard 1st Place Stableford
William Newman 1st Place Nett
Tawhirimatea Witoko Div 2 1st Place Nett
Luke Robinson Div 2 3rd Place over all

Waiariki Academy of Sport athletes out in front

Landyn Edwards and William Newman are out in front after the first round of the Rotorua Open, both shooting solid rounds of 67 to be 3 under par with three rounds to play.

Rotorua Open 2011

This Friday sees the first round of the 2011 Rotorua Open and defending Champion Landyn Edwards is finding some great form along with Tyler lock who both ripped the course up in practice today.
William Howard from the Rotorua Boys High School Golf Academy is coming off 3 solid rounds last week at Gisbourne and can not wait for the start of this years event. Jason kim has a point to prove after disapointing Supr 8 Finals, he loves the Rotorua golf club lay out and says it really suits his game.

Tavita Solomona is competing in his first big tournament and has been practising very hard with Ruel Pedersen who also calls Rotorua home and loves the course.
Tawhirimatea Witoko, Luke Robinson, William Brown, Tekotuku TeAute and Doug Matthews are all expected to do well with local knowledge of the course at their advantage.

You can follow all the progress and scores from the event at the Rotorua golf Club.
http://www.rotoruagolfclub.co.nz/

Rotorua Boys High School WIN 2011 Super 8 Title

2011 Super 8 Golf finals

Poverty Bay Golf Club

Gisbourne

Competing teams – Rotorua Boys High; Tauranga Boys High; New Plymouth Boys High; Palmerston North Boys High; Hamilton Boys High; Napier Boys High; Gisbourne Boys High and Hastings Boys High.

Format - Medal (Gross) & Stableford

Rotorua Boys High School representative teams

Gross Team – William Howard (Captain), William Brown, Jason Kim and TeKotuku TeAute

Stableford Team – Luke Robinson, Piki Skerrett, Michael Harris and Tawhirimatea Witoko

We left Rotorua Boys High School on Sunday 13^th of March, it was a very hot and sunny day, our focus in the build up for this event had been on fitness, fluids and form. After one and a half hours in the Golf Academy Van we arrived at Opokiti Beach for our second stop, we had 20 minutes of light exercise followed by 10 minutes of leg, lower back and glute stretches. After another 2 hours travelling and another stop we arrived in Gisbourne and headed straight for the Poverty Bay Golf Club, where the boys were to map out the course and create two game plans for the tournament.  

With the tournament day now upon us we heading to the Gisbourne Drive Time Golf range at 6.30am for a full warm up consisting of pitching, full swing and pre shot routines after 45 minutes we headed to the Golf Course for putting and chipping and at 7.36am our two team captains teed off, William Howard off the 1^st tee and Luke Robinson off the 10^th. The Poverty Bay Golf Course was in great condition with the greens running around 8 feet and there was not a cloud in the sky, making conditions near perfect.

After the first round the golf course proved to be the winner with some very high scoring, the best of the days play came from Tauranga’s 14 year old Jin Jeong who shot a great round of 2under par 70, the next best was Rotorua’s William Howard, unfortunately for Tauranga the rest of the team could not keep up with Jin’s great scoring and they found themselves in second place with Hamilton Boys, both teams were 4 shots behind the consistent Rotorua Boys High School

The second round was to be real turning point in the event with Rotorua Boys High School really showing their dominance with all four boys playing great golf Jason Kim 2 under par, William Brown 2 under par 70, William Howard even par 72 and TeKotuku TeAute 3 over par 75, with the best three out of the four rounds to count Rotorua Boys High had extended their lead to 14 shots after the second round.

Sprits were high after a great days golf and we headed back to the hotel for a cold water recovery session, this allows your muscles to be ready for the next days play. Again we were up very early and headed straight to the course for our 45 minute warm up, the draw the days play had been re done with the top four schools all playing together, this meant Rotorua, Tauranga, Hamilton and Palmerston North all played together, it was a great start with William Howard leading from the front and shooting a great 1 under par round 71, this not enough to beat the Tauranga number 1 Jin who shot 2 under par, this meant  our lead was cut to 13 shots over Tauranga Boys, the Hamilton boys number 1 had been playing great golf and was 2 under par after five holes but poor hydration caused sun stroke and he had to pull out of the tournament.  

This put Rotorua Boys high in a very commanding position and we only needed to the rest of the team to finish things off, Jason Kim was second to finish and struggled over the closing few holes and finished with a 81, this put us only 9 shots ahead of Tauranga Boys High with two groups still to play, William Brown heard that Jason had struggled to finish his round and lost his focus on the short 16^th hooking his ball into the lake and took a triple bogey he lost another shot on the 17^th and on the 18^th he cracked under his self-imposed pressure slicing two balls wildly into the deep rough of which he only found his second and took another triple bogey, he finished with an 83 and lead was cut to 3, TeKotuku TeAute also had a little trouble finishing off his round but held on for a 82 mean that one shot was clawed back and Rotorua Boys High Finished with a four shot victory.

Left to right – TeKotuku Te Aute, William Howard, William Brown and Jason Kim

Rotorua Boys High Stableford team dominated from the start to the finish and all played great golf lead by Team captain Luke Robinson and complemented with three great rounds of golf by Piki Skerrett, Tawhirimatea Witoko play great golf from tee to green and missed a few putts and still finished second overall in the individual honours only a few points behind Piki Skerrett, Michael Harris was very consistent and a great leader in the team and chimed in with three solid rounds.

Left to Right- Michael Harris, Luke Robinson, Piki Skerrett and Tawhirimatea Witoko

Final scores

Rotorua Boys High school Senior Golf Team

William Howard                 73           72           71           216

William Brown                    79           70           83           232

TeKotuku TeAute                74           75           82           231

Jason Kim                            81           70           81           232

Rotorua Boys High School Stableford Team

Piki Skerrett                       33           43           41           117

Luke Robinson                   39           39           36           114

Tawhirimatea Witoko        37           40           36           113

Michael Harris                   33           33           30           96

Player Profile Chantelle Cassidy

Chantelle

Making NZ Team and Pegasus Open 2011.

From the beginning of my golfing career I have set goals, they started small at the beginning so as they were achievable, as the years progressed my goals got higher and more specific like representing my club, Province etc.

In 2010 the goal for many players including myself was to gain a high position in the NZ Order of Merit, as the top ten players are automatically selected to play in the Pegasus Women’s Open..

I was informed over the Xmas break that I was one of ten amateurs selected for the Pegasus Women’s Open, I am excited about the selection and looking forward to the event, this is the second time I have played in the Women’s Open my first tournament was the very first Women’s Open held at Clearwater in 2009, unfortunately I missed the cut however a great experience.

Being selected for the NZ Team to play in the Riversdale Cup 27th Feb to 2^nd March is certainly a highlight for the start of 2011.  

My selection I’m sure has been the result of my top placing in two NZ Order of Merit Tournaments along with consistent rounds I've been having on a regular basis. All the hours of practice and hard work certainly pays off in the end.

The gym and physical training Wairiki Sports Academy set up for me has had a great impact on my physical status and stamina.

Golf practice sessions are planed on identified weaknesses in my game and any changes that have been made (swing set up etc.)

I work out a strategy plan for each individual tournament and try to familiarize myself with course layout and greens; as every golf course is different.   

   

My goal for 2011 is to make the NZ Women’s Srixon Squad and win a NZ Tournament or Charles Tour event.

Super 8 Golf Finals - Day One

After a very hot day in Gisbourne wear temperatures reached close to 30 degrees Fluid, Food and Fitness paid a huge part in Rotorua Boys High Schhol  36 hole lead. After 18 holes Rotorua Boys wear only one shot clear of Hamilton boys but after 36 holes Rotorua Boys had stretched their lead to 14 shots.
in the stableford section Rotorua Boys found themselves 4 shots behind Tauranga Boys but after 36 holes they had turned that around and wear also 14 shots clear of second place.

Team One
William Howard      73  72
William Brown        79  70
Jason Kim               81  70
Tekotuku TeAute    75  74

Team Two
Luke Robinson            39  39
Piki Skerrett                33  43
Michael Harris             33  33
Tawhirimatea Witoko  38 40

Rotorua Boys High School Super 8 Finals

After two hours in the Van we pulled over at Opotiki Beach and stretching and played some team games, this allowed the Boys to maintain there flexability so when we arrived at the Poverty Bay Golf Club we were ready  to play and not tight.
We maped and yardaged the course this afternoon, playing two balls to come up with the best game plan for the challenging Poverty Bay Course. the course is in great condition with the greens running true but a little slow.
"the course really suits my game and I am looking forward to the challenge tomorrow" Tawhirimatea Witoko

RBHS 2011 Super 8 Golf teams

Rotorua Boys High School Super 8 golf team to play at the Poverty Bay Golf Club in Gisbourne.
Medal Team
William Howard - Captain
William Brown
TeKotuku TeAute
Jason Kim

Stableford Team
Luke Robinson - Captain
Michael Harris
Tawhirimatea Witoko
Will Song/Piki Skerrett

Hamilton Boys, Palmerston North Boys and New Plymouth Boys all have very strong golf teams and Gisbourne Boys will be very hard to beat on home soil, this is shaping up to be on of the tightest contests in recent times. The Rotorua Boys High team have been working hard to defend there title and it means everything to them to repersent there school.
RAUKURA

William Brown in the hunt at SBS

William Brown has shot to solid rounds of 73 at the Invercargill Golf Club. The SBS invitational is a selection of the top 5 golfers from each provence around New Zealand. William has played good consistent golf and is 7 shots behind NZ and Auckalnd rep Ryan Fox with 2 rounds left to play tomorrow.

Good start by Landyn Edwards

All Hart on Day One of Federal Open

By Graham World

Queensland’s Tim Hart has jumped to a commanding three shot lead after the first round of the Federal

Amateur Open Championship.

Hart was the only player to break par, finishing the day three under par on 69.

Tied on even par are Darren Baxter from Port Kembla and Kiwi, Landyn Edwards from Rotorua. Edwards

played in the last Federal Open as a member of New Zealand’s Foundation Junior team

The course was in excellent condition but tough pin placements drew some criticism with one player

taking five putts after landing on the par 3 third hole.

Landyn Edwards to play with British Amateur Champion at Federal Am

Landyn Edwards will test himself against the best in tomorrows Federal Amateur Championship being played in Camberra. British Am Champion Jin Jeong and Landyn Edwards are paired to play together in the second round of the Championship on Saturday.
Follow all thier progress at http://www.fgc.com.au/welcome/index.mhtml